Germany

[ jur-muh-nee ]

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a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 137,852 sq. mi. (357,039 sq. km). : Berlin.

Germany

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noun

a country in central Europe: in the Middle Ages the centre of the Holy Roman Empire; dissolved into numerous principalities; united under the leadership of Prussia in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian War; became a republic with reduced size in 1919 after being defeated in World War I; under the dictatorship of Hitler from 1933 to 1945; defeated in World War II and divided by the Allied Powers into four zones, which became established as East and West Germany in the late 1940s; reunified in 1990: a member of the European Union. It is flat and low-lying in the north with plateaus and uplands (including the Black Forest and the Bavarian Alps) in the centre and south. Official language: German. Religion: Christianity, Protestant majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Berlin. Pop: 81 147 265 (2013 est). Area: 357 041 sq km (137 825 sq miles) German nameDeutschland Official nameFederal Republic of Germany See also East Germany West Germany Teutonic

Germany

Republic in north-central Europe , divided into East Germany and West Germany in 1949 and reunited in 1990. Officially called the Federal Republic of Germany .

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After the defeat of the Nazis in World War II , Germany was divided into four zones occupied by British, French, Soviet, and American forces.

Since reunification Germany has become Europe's leading economic power. ( See East Germany and West Germany under “World History since 1550.” )

Germany's industrial, colonial, and naval expansion was considered a threat by the British and French and was one of the main causes of World War I , in which Germany was badly defeated.

Germany was a collection of competing states until it was unified during the second half of the nineteenth century under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck .

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The rules were aimed at reducing any light which could help Germany bombers find their targets.

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Earlier this week, the Israeli foreign ministry rejected criticism of the blockade from the UK, France and Germany, which called it "intolerable" and demanded it end immediately in a joint statement.

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Besides Brown University and Stony Brook University in the US, the other winning bids came from institutions in France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, the UK.

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The state now only trails Germany, China and the US as a whole.

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It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot.

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